Toyota announced that they are going to sell the Land Cruiser 70 from their popular rugged four-wheel drive vehicle line, Land Cruiser. It will be available in Japan for a limited time until June 30, 2015.

Subaru announced the release of WRX S4 and WRX STI, new 2 models from their Sports Sedan WRX Series.

Both of them feature a powerful 2.0 liter horizontally opposed 4 DOHC direct-injection turbo engine. Subaru made WRX S4 for all ages by putting more importance on fuel economy performance and safe performance, while Subaru honed drivability with the suspension system and high-power output (308ps/422Nm) for WRX STI.

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